| a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
kin (kɪn) ![]() | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person's relatives collectively; kindred |
| 2. | a class or group with similar characteristics |
| 3. | See next of kin |
| —adj | |
| 4. | (postpositive) related by blood |
| 5. | a less common word for akin |
| [Old English cyn; related to Old Norse kyn family, Old High German kind child, Latin genus kind] | |
| -kin | |
| —suffix forming nouns | |
| small: lambkin | |
| [from Middle Dutch, of West Germanic origin; compare German -chen] | |